Bottle.



No. 724,443. Y PATENTED APR. 7, 1903. J, M. CULP. BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 2, 1902.

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WITNESSES: h f/VVENTOR e? 7w. .4% 7 r s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. GULF, OF COTTAGEGROVE, OREGON, ASSI GNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD JENKS, OF-

BOHEMIA, OREGON.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,443, dated April 7, 1903.

Application filed October 2, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. CULP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cottagegrove, in the countyof Lane and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to bottles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle of ordinary construction with a false neck surrounding the mouth of the same, said neck being internally screw -threaded and adapted to receive an externallythreaded stopper, the thread of the said stopper and the said false neck being provided with transversely-extending grooves. The said false neck is made integral with the month of the bottle and is adapted to be broken from the same when the contents of the bottle are to be removed, the side of the said bottle having inseparably attached thereto a representation of the bottle as it originally appears before the contents are removed, so that a purchaser may be warned as to whether or not the contents of the bottle have been tampered with. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bottle, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stopper adapted to fit in the false neck; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of one of the sides of the bottle, showing the facsimile of the bottle inseparably attached thereto.

The bottle 1 is provided on-its side with reduced facsimile 2, illustrating the appearance of the bottle before the contents have been removed. The said facsimile may be blown. in the glass or otherwise inseparably attached to the bottle. The mouth of the bottle is surrounded by the false neck 3, the inner diame- 5o ter of the said neck being greater than the Serial No. 125,661. (No model.)

inner diameter of the mouth of the bottle. The said false neck 3 is provided with an internal screw-thread 4 and a groove 5, extending transversely of the said thread 4. The sides of the said false'neck 3 taper from the top to the bottom, making the weakest point at 6, where the said false neck is integrally attached to the mouth of the bottle. The stopper 7 is provided with an external thread 8, which is adapted to engage the thread): of the said false neck. A transversely-extending groove 9 passes through the said thread 8. The top of the said stopper 7 is provided with an annular flange, which is adapted to .cover the upper edge of the false neck 3 and the screw-threads 8 and 4.

The bottle is first filled with the liquid which it is intended to hold and the cork 11 is driven in place in the mouth. The stopper 7 is then dipped in cement, white lead, or any other substance that will harden and the thread 8 is screwed into the thread 4 until the parts assume the position as shown in Fig.

1. The cement or other similar substance then hardens, and the grooves 9 and 5, containing the hardened cement, prevent the stopper from being unscrewed, the flange 10 covering the said threads, so that a dissolving liquid cannot be inserted in the threads to loosen the cement. Consequently to remove the contents of the bottle the false neck 3 is broken ofl, and the cork 10 can then be removed with an ordinary corkscrew. Thus it is impossible to empty the contents of the bottle without removing the false neck, and when the false neck is removed the purchaser is warned by the facsimile 2, representing the original appearance of the bottle, that the original contents of the bottle may have been tampered with or substituted.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle havinga false neck surrounding its month, said false neck being internally screw threaded and having a transverse groove, a stopper having an external thread and a transverse groove, said stopper adapted to enter said false neck and having an annular flange adapted to cover the top of the said false neck and the said groove adapted point Where it is connected with the mouth to receive ahardened substance, said stopper of the bottle. having an annular flange adapted to cover 2. A bottle having a false neck integrally the top of false neck. 5 attached to its month, said false neck beingin- In testimony whereof I affix my signature ternally screw-threaded and havinga groove in presence of two Witnesses. extending transversely of the said thread, 1 JOHN M GULF.

' same, said false neck being Weakest at the the sides of said false neck tapering from the top to the bottom, a stopper having an ex- 10 ternal thread with grooves extending transversely thereof, said stopper adapted to enter Witnesses:

F. G. EBY, LENORA E. BENOIT. 

